diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 96588078..ab2bf445 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
     "@vanilla-extract/vite-plugin": "^4.0.3",
     "@vitejs/plugin-react-swc": "^3.5.0",
     "@vocab/webpack": "^1.2.5",
-    "builtin-modules": "^3.3.0",
+    "builtin-modules": "^4.0.0",
     "c12": "^1.6.1",
     "consola": "^3.2.3",
     "dedent": "^1.5.1",
diff --git a/packages/core/src/entries/build.ts b/packages/core/src/entries/build.ts
index a5b31641..79256b63 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/entries/build.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/entries/build.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import process from 'process';
 import { mockAdapter, setAdapter } from '@vanilla-extract/css/adapter';
 import { vanillaExtractPlugin } from '@vanilla-extract/vite-plugin';
 import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react-swc';
-import builtinModules from 'builtin-modules';
 import fse from 'fs-extra';
 import type { RollupOutput } from 'rollup';
 import type { UserConfig as ViteConfig, Manifest } from 'vite';
@@ -33,6 +32,7 @@ export const build = async (inlineConfig?: PartialConfig) => {
     '@vanilla-extract/css',
     depGraph,
   );
+  const { default: builtinModules } = await import('builtin-modules');
 
   const commonBuildConfig: ViteConfig = {
     ...commonViteConfig(config),
diff --git a/packages/core/src/entries/start.ts b/packages/core/src/entries/start.ts
index 9561229f..39fa5ac0 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/entries/start.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/entries/start.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { performance } from 'perf_hooks';
 
 import { vanillaExtractPlugin } from '@vanilla-extract/vite-plugin';
 import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react-swc';
-import builtinModules from 'builtin-modules';
 import express from 'express';
 
 import type { RenderDevPageFn } from '../../entries/types';
@@ -43,6 +42,8 @@ export const start = async (
 
   const { createServer: createViteServer } = await import('vite');
 
+  const { default: builtinModules } = await import('builtin-modules');
+
   const vite = await createViteServer({
     ...commonViteConfig(config),
     appType: 'custom',
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index c781d39e..c5d3cb0a 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -415,8 +415,8 @@ importers:
         specifier: ^1.2.5
         version: 1.2.9(webpack@5.91.0(esbuild@0.21.5))
       builtin-modules:
-        specifier: ^3.3.0
-        version: 3.3.0
+        specifier: ^4.0.0
+        version: 4.0.0
       c12:
         specifier: ^1.6.1
         version: 1.10.0
@@ -3153,6 +3153,10 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-zhaCDicdLuWN5UbN5IMnFqNMhNfo919sH85y2/ea+5Yg9TsTkeZxpL+JLbp6cgYFS4sRLp3YV4S6yDuqVWHYOw==}
     engines: {node: '>=6'}
 
+  builtin-modules@4.0.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-p1n8zyCkt1BVrKNFymOHjcDSAl7oq/gUvfgULv2EblgpPVQlQr9yHnWjg9IJ2MhfwPqiYqMMrr01OY7yQoK2yA==}
+    engines: {node: '>=18.20'}
+
   builtins@1.0.3:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-uYBjakWipfaO/bXI7E8rq6kpwHRZK5cNYrUv2OzZSI/FvmdMyXJ2tG9dKcjEC5YHmHpUAwsargWIZNWdxb/bnQ==}
 
@@ -10780,6 +10784,8 @@ snapshots:
 
   builtin-modules@3.3.0: {}
 
+  builtin-modules@4.0.0: {}
+
   builtins@1.0.3: {}
 
   bundle-name@4.1.0: